Digital text

general courses

The course is addressed to freshmen, junior and senior students of various faculties. The students are expected to be able to operate in the digital environment at a basic level and have a preliminary knowledge of the structure of the digital message.

Remote learning

The course shall analyze the chosen digital texts and discuss their semiotic arrangement, overall structure, as well as the act of communication they are creating or participating in.

Online course, at the COME platform http://moodle.come.uw.edu.pl

The course focuses on the digital messages – their semiotic arrangement, their methods of formulating meanings, their esthetic and persuasive devices as well as the acts of communication they are creating or participating in. The course develops the students’ abilities to recognize various textual forms of digital discourse, compares and contrast those forms and describe the relation between the structure of the text and its impact on the recipient. Our analysis will also focus on the modifications of textual genres based on the examination of the chosen examples of digital messages. The course also reveals the role new media play in creating the cultural texts, including those classified as high-art. Furthermore, during the classes we will examine the issues of the interment’s influence on the perception of texts as well as culture in general. Finally, the course develops the students’ ability to critically address both the form and the content of the chosen digital texts and to contrast those messages with the previous forms of textuality.

Recommended literature (during the course selected pages will be assigned)

P.Kubiński, Gry wideo. Zarys poetyki, Kraków 2016.

M.Pisarski, Xanadu. Hipertekstowe przemiany prozy, Kraków 2013.

E.Szczęsna, Cyfrowa semiopoetyka, Warszawa 2018.

Ekrany piśmienności. O przyjemnościach tekstu w epoce nowych mediów, Warszawa 2008.

L.Manovich, Język nowych mediów, Wydawnictwa Akademickie i Profesjonalne, Warszawa 2006.

E.Winiecka, Poszerzanie pola literackiego. Studia o literackosci w internecie, Kraków 2020.

U.Pawlicka, Literatura cyfrowa. W stronę podejścia procesualnego, Gdańsk 2017.

On completing the course the student is able to describe the basic features of the structure of the chosen digital texts. S/he can critically asses the practicality of using particular devices. S/he is able to analyze and interpret the differences between the digital and traditional messages with respect to both the sign structure and the act of communication in which those texts participate. S/he is able to describe the influence of digital techniques on the development of art and culture. S/he knows the notion of a "third culture" and is able to briefly characterize its influence on the traditional humanities. The course instructs the student on the advantages of a critical approach to the influence the media have on the society. It also makes the student aware of the opportunities and dangers that the development of media entails.

grading the students’ participation – based on completing the course tasks, and practical exercises

2 multiple choice tests, checking the theoretical knowledge

final exam, covering the whole course

not applicable